The new study found a disproportionate number of heat-related deaths in four states: California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.
A tourist hikes in the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, near Furnace Creek, during a heatwave impacting Southern California on July 7, 2024. As temperatures reach record levels in many parts of the US this week, emergency rooms are bracing for a new normal: More patients are becoming gravely ill because their bodies can’t take the heat.
Heat-related deaths may also include suicide, drowning and homicide, phenomena that could not be captured by this study. Public health experts have recommended that governments invest in infrastructure that can help lower temperatures, like planting shade trees and installing covered bus stops. There are even cool pavement coatings that can lower surface temperatures when applied to asphalt.
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